May was about to fall back asleep in Ren's arms, and now she is not in Ren's arms, which puts paid to the "fall back asleep" plan.
Mmmmm....
"I think I'm feeling significantly saner than before," he says after they have made out some more.
"Sex is good for that. Though that's because of skin contact and fluid exchange and I got all the fluids that were exchanged and we were already cuddling and already kissed, so maybe it just helps a lot not to be too horny."
"I think the cumulative effects of the kissing are a lot of it, and being pushed away from being freaked out by things which no longer be very horny helps a lot with."
"I... yeah that makes a lot of sense. Given how it feels." Though probably he is the first person in his world to ever be horny from guiding.
"There's asexual espers and they claim not to have this experience and to find it pleasant in a completely nonsexual way, and there's partnerships where the sexualities don't match up and they just hang out, but if there's any there there, then - yeah."
"That I am attracted to you in particular? Well it doesn't logically imply it but it happens that is also true."
Lucien was just going to ask about whether she was turned on by doing things due to guiding with him! Which already would have been surprising if true!!
Lucien blushes and attempts to bury his face in May.
".... I did not expect you to say that at all."
"I thought you were just happy about the guiding. Well, first I thought you were doing it because I was making you by being miserable but you corrected that impression already."